port of call
noun phrase
1
: an intermediate port where ships customarily stop for supplies, repairs, or transshipment of cargo
2
: a stop included on an itinerary
Examples of port of call in a Sentence
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Listen to this article Disney Cruise Line recently opened its newest port of call destination, Lookout Cay at Lighthouse Point, on the island of Eleuthera in the Bahamas, to be explored and enjoyed by its guests.
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Rich Pope, Orlando Sentinel, 17 June 2024
The Russian fleet is expected to continue exercises in the Caribbean before possibly making a port of call in Venezuela.
—Alexandra Glorioso, Miami Herald, 14 June 2024
Travelers who do not board their ship in time are generally responsible for getting themselves to the next port of call, according to Kuther.
—Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2024
To make the most of their limited time on the ground, many passengers book cruise shore excursions: multi-hour tours and activities organized specifically for cruise passengers at the port of call.
—Scott Laird, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 May 2024
Lucy’s first port of call is Ma June’s Sundries, owned by one Ma June (a wonderfully caustic Dale Dickey, who cackles through her lines like a wasteland witch).
—Jack King, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2024
The ship and its crew were safe and continued to their next port of call.
—Eamon Akil Farhat, Fortune, 18 May 2024
Recent years have also seen the revival of the Athenian Riviera, the city’s glamorous seaside, once a port of call for Greece’s high society in the 1960s, with a string of new luxury beachfront hotels stretching across the upmarket seaside suburbs from Vouliagmeni to Glyfada.
—Monica Mendal, Vogue, 15 Apr. 2024
The passengers traveled through six countries to meet up with the ship at its final port of call in Senegal, according to the report.
—Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Apr. 2024
Rich Pope, Orlando Sentinel, 17 June 2024
The Russian fleet is expected to continue exercises in the Caribbean before possibly making a port of call in Venezuela.
—Alexandra Glorioso, Miami Herald, 14 June 2024
Travelers who do not board their ship in time are generally responsible for getting themselves to the next port of call, according to Kuther.
—Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2024
To make the most of their limited time on the ground, many passengers book cruise shore excursions: multi-hour tours and activities organized specifically for cruise passengers at the port of call.
—Scott Laird, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 May 2024
Lucy’s first port of call is Ma June’s Sundries, owned by one Ma June (a wonderfully caustic Dale Dickey, who cackles through her lines like a wasteland witch).
—Jack King, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2024
The ship and its crew were safe and continued to their next port of call.
—Eamon Akil Farhat, Fortune, 18 May 2024
Recent years have also seen the revival of the Athenian Riviera, the city’s glamorous seaside, once a port of call for Greece’s high society in the 1960s, with a string of new luxury beachfront hotels stretching across the upmarket seaside suburbs from Vouliagmeni to Glyfada.
—Monica Mendal, Vogue, 15 Apr. 2024
The passengers traveled through six countries to meet up with the ship at its final port of call in Senegal, according to the report.
—Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Apr. 2024
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“Port of call.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/port%20of%20call. Accessed 30 Jun. 2024.
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